Symonds target of Mumbai's monkey chants

All of Australia’s major newspapers carry detailed reports of the racist abuse directed at Andrew Symonds during the one-day game in Mumbai. The incident occurred when Symonds batted, as covered by AAP and the Herald Sun, and Alex Brown writes in the Sydney Morning Herald there can be no denying of the issue now.

Peter Lalor outlines the story in the Australian and also looks at the denials in India, which range from the “ridiculous to the ignorant”.

In the same paper Malcolm Conn writes about Australian administrators’ fears over the reception Muttiah Muralitharan will receive during Sri Lanka’s two-Test tour. “There will be tight security, including plain clothes police in crowd hot spots to act against spectators caught hurling abuse, particularly of a racial nature.”